The Paleobiology Database

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Welcome to the PaleoDB

The Paleobiology Database is a scientific organization run by paleontological researchers from around the world. We are bringing together taxonomic and distributional information about the entire fossil record of plants and animals. Everyone is welcome to use our data.

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Site addition

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John Alroy
UC Santa Barbara

Chris Beard
Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Richard Butler
BSPG

Matt Carrano
Smithsonian Institution

Laurie Eccles
Penn State

Austin Hendy
STRI

Björn Kröger
Museum für Naturkunde

Torsten Liebrecht
Museum für Naturkunde

Uta Merkel
Museum für Naturkunde

Mark Uhen
George Mason University

Featured publication

J. C. McElwain et al. 2009. Fossil plant relative abundances indicate sudden loss of Late Triassic biodiversity in Greenland. Science 324:1554-1556 (#95)

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New members

R. A. Davis, College of Mount St. Joseph

Ryosuke Motani, UC Davis

Nathalie Nagalingum, Harvard University

James Parham, FMNH